Author:
Knowe Steven A.,Stein William I.
Abstract
Diameter prediction models based on the Weibull distribution function and stand-table projection models based on changes in relative diameter were developed for 2- to 10-year-old Douglas-fir (Pseudotsugamenziesii (Mirb.) Franco) plantations. Both modeling approaches incorporated the effects of site preparation, animal protection, and competing vegetation. The diameter distribution approach is appropriate when information on initial diameters is not available. The stand-table projection approach may be applied when tree diameters in a plantation are measured two or more growing seasons after planting. At young ages, the stand-table approach provided more accurate representation of observed diameter distributions than the diameter distribution approach. At age 10 the two methods provided comparable diameter distributions. The equations derived for predicting survival, height growth of dominant trees, height–diameter relationships, and the development of woody vegetation over time will facilitate the study and comparison of stand structure and dynamics after various site-preparation and animal-protection treatments.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Ecology,Forestry,Global and Planetary Change
Cited by
21 articles.
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